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Why Many Americans Distrust Elites
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zàiguò qù过去deèr sān shí nián二三十年yuè lái yuè越来越duōdeměi guó美国rénxìn rèn信任shè huì社会shàngdejīng yīng精英

In the past two or three decades, more and more Americans have come to distrust the elites in society.

zhè xiē这些jīng yīng精英bāo kuò包括zhèng fǔ政府jūn duì军队yú lè娱乐jiào yù教育kē xué科学děnglǐng yù领域derén

These elites include people from government, military, entertainment, education, and science sectors.

rén men人们fā xiàn发现shǎo shù少数yǒu qián有钱yǒu quán有权derénzhǎng wò掌握lehěnduōzhòng yào重要dejué dìng决定quánbǐ rú比如xuǎn jǔ选举xīn wén新闻yào pǐn药品děng

People have found that a small number of wealthy and powerful individuals hold a lot of important decision-making power, such as in elections, news, and pharmaceuticals.

zhè xiē这些jīng yīng精英cháng cháng常常zhǐguān xīn关心zì jǐ自己delì yì利益hěnshǎokǎo lǜ考虑pǔ tōng rén普通人dexū yào需要

These elites often only care about their own interests and rarely consider the needs of ordinary people.

wén zhāng文章zhōngtí dào提到yí gè一个yǒu míng有名dejīng yīng精英rén wù人物——lā lǐ · sà mò sī拉里·萨默斯

The article mentions a famous elite figure — Larry Summers.

céngzàishì jiè yín háng世界银行měi guó cái zhèng bù美国财政部hā fú dà xué哈佛大学gōng zuò工作

He has worked at the World Bank, the U.S. Treasury Department, and Harvard University.

sà mò sī萨默斯zuòguòyī xiē一些yǒuzhēng yì争议dejué dìng决定bǐ rú比如zhī chí支持qǔ xiāo取消yín háng银行deān quán安全guī dìng规定dǎo zhì导致jīn róng wēi jī金融危机háicéngshuōguònǚ xìng女性shì hé适合zuòkē xué jiā科学家

Summers made some controversial decisions, such as supporting the removal of banking safety regulations, which led to a financial crisis, and he once said that women are not suitable to be scientists.

háiyī xiē一些yǒuwèn tí问题derényǒulián xì联系

He also had connections with some problematic people.

suī rán虽然zuòlehěnduōràngrénmǎn yì满意deshì qíng事情dànzàijīng yīng精英quānyì zhí一直hěnshòu huān yíng受欢迎

Although he did many unsatisfactory things, he has always been popular within elite circles.

zhèrànghěnduōměi guó美国rénjué de觉得jīng yīng精英menzhǐbǎo hù保护zì jǐ自己guān xīn关心dà zhòng大众suǒ yǐ所以dà jiā大家yuè lái yuè越来越xìn rèn信任tā men他们

This makes many Americans feel that elites only protect themselves and do not care about the public, so people are increasingly distrustful of them.

By Mark Lesseraux / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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